Slap Happy Cartoons

Slap Happy Cartoons is an independent, artist-owned Canadian animation studio based in Vancouver, British Columbia. It develops original intellectual property and provides animation production services for television, feature films and digital platforms. Its work combines traditional animation principles with digital 2D production, with an emphasis on creator-driven comedy and action-adventure storytelling for children, youth and adult audiences.

The company grew from a creative development partnership into a physical production studio in 2013, following YTV’s order for two seasons of its original comedy series Nerds and Monsters. Original development remains part of its business alongside commissioned animation and co-productions. The studio’s capabilities span concept development, writing, visual development, storyboarding and animatics through animation, compositing and post-production.

Original series and production services

Slap Happy developed and animated Netflix’s mystery-adventure series The Hollow, with its team serving as co-creators, directors and executive producers. Its television service work includes animation for The Tom and Jerry Show, Tom and Jerry in New York, Cartoon Network’s Apple & Onion, and Nickelodeon and Imagine Kids+Family’s Bossy Bear. The studio also supplied character design for Wishfart.

Feature work includes animation services for Teen Titans Go! To the Movies and the home-entertainment films Tom and Jerry: Cowboy Up! and Tom and Jerry: Snowman’s Land. Beyond series and features, the studio has produced animated broadcast interstitials for Knowledge Network and arena shorts featuring the Vancouver Canucks’ mascot Fin. These projects extend its work into public broadcasting and live sports entertainment.

Development and collaboration

The studio combines its own development slate with production partnerships for broadcasters, streaming platforms and other animation producers. As of the November 2026 research, its development projects include an animated adaptation of The Beachcombers with Blair Peters and Nick Orchard, Heart of the City with Andrews McMeel Entertainment, and the original action science-fiction comedy property Liquid Shell. Its co-production offering also includes executive production, budgeting, Canadian financing structures and international distribution collaboration.